2010 Conference USA football season

2010 Conference USA football season

League	NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
Sport	Football
Duration	September 2, 2010 through December 31, 2011
Number of teams	12
TV partner(s)	ESPN/ CBS CS^[1]
Regular Season
Champion	UCF
East champions	UCF
West champions	SMU

2010 Conference USA football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
East Division
#21 UCF x$		7	–	1		11	–	3
East Carolina		5	–	3		6	–	7
Southern Miss		5	–	3		8	–	5
Marshall		4	–	4		5	–	7
UAB		3	–	5		4	–	8
Memphis		0	–	8		1	–	11
West Division
SMU xy		6	–	2		7	–	7
#24 Tulsa x		6	–	2		10	–	3
Houston		4	–	4		5	–	7
UTEP		3	–	5		6	–	7
Rice		3	–	5		4	–	8
Tulane		2	–	6		4	–	8
Championship: UCF 17, SMU 7
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant As of January 11, 2011; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2010 Conference USA football season was an NCAA football season played from September 2, 2010, through December 31, 2010. Conference USA consists of 12 football members separated into 2 divisions: East Carolina, Marshall, Memphis, Southern Miss, UAB, and UCF make up the eastern division, while Houston, Rice, SMU, Tulane, Tulsa, and UTEP comprise the western division.^[2]

This was the 15th football season and 16th overall for Conference USA. Although C-USA was founded in 1995, it did not start football competition until 1996.^[1]

Previous season

Main article: 2009 Conference USA football season

East Carolina won the 2009 conference championship for the second straight year defeating the #21 Houston Cougars 38-32.^[3]

Preseason

Coaching changes

Ruffin McNeil replaced Skip Holtz at East Carolina.^[4]
Doc Holliday replaced Mark Snyder at Marshall.^[5]

Preseason polls

No Conference USA teams were ranked though both SMU and UCF each received one vote. Houston received 66 points in the AP Poll, and 76 points in the Coaches' Poll.

Regular season

Index to colors and formatting
Conference USA member won
Conference USA member lost
Conference USA teams in bold
Rankings from Coaches' Poll

Week One

Date	Time (EDT)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	6:30PM	Southern Miss	South Carolina	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC	ESPN	L 41-13	70,438
September 2	7:00PM	Southeastern Louisiana	Tulane	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA	-	W 27-21	20,258
September 2	7:00PM	Florida Atlantic	UAB	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL	ESPN	L 32-31	25,885
September 2	7:30PM	Marshall	#2 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	BTN	L 45-7	105,040
September 4	2:30PM	#4 Texas	Rice	Reliant Stadium • Houston, Texas	ESPN	L 34-17	70,445
September 4	6:00PM	Memphis	Mississippi State	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	-	L 49-7	56,032
September 4	6:00PM	South Dakota	UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, Florida	-	W 38-7	34,373
September 4	7:00PM	Texas State	Houston	Robertson Stadium • Houston, Texas	-	W 68-28	32,119
September 4	7:00PM	Arkansas Pine Bluff	UTEP	Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TX	-	W 32-10	30,029
September 5	2:00PM	Tulsa	East Carolina	Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC	ESPN2	ECU 51-49	50,010
September 5	3:30PM	SMU	Texas Tech	Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX	ESPN	L 35-27	57,528

Week Two

Date	Time (EDT)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 10	7:00PM	#22 West Virginia	Marshall	Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV	ESPN	L 24-21 OT	41,382
September 10	10:15PM	UTEP	Houston	Robertson Stadium • Houston, TX	ESPN	HOU 54-24	32,119
September 11	12:00PM	Memphis	East Carolina	Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC		ECU 49-27	48,123
September 11	7:00PM	Bowling Green	Tulsa	Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK		W 33-20	19,565
September 11	7:00PM	Rice	North Texas	Fouts Field • Denton, TX		W 32-31	23,743
September 11	7:00PM	Prairie View A&M	Southern Miss	M.M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS		W 34-7	27,316
September 11	7:30PM	NC State	UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, FL	CBS CS	L 28-21	43,020
September 11	8:00PM	UAB	SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas, TX		SMU 28-7	16,612
September 11	9:00PM	Mississippi	Tulane	Superdome • New Orleans, LA	ESPN2	L 27-13	36,389

Week Three

Date	Time (EDT)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 17	8:00PM	Kansas	Southern Miss	M.M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS	ESPN	W 31-16	30,211
September 18	1:30PM	East Carolina	Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA		L 49-27	66,233
September 18	3:30PM	Washington State	SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas, TX		W 35-21	18,184
September 18	3:30PM	Troy	UAB	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL		W 34-33	23,681
September 18	7:00PM	Marshall	Bowling Green	Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH		L 44-28	20,515
September 18	7:00PM	Tulsa	Oklahoma State	Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK		L 65-28	51,778
September 18	7:00PM	Middle Tennessee	Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN		W 24-17	27,965
September 18	7:00PM	Northwestern	Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX		L 30-13	15,562
September 18	7:00PM	UCF	Buffalo	University at Buffalo Stadium • Amherst, NY		W 24-10	14,312
September 18	9:05PM	New Mexico State	UTEP	Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM		W 42-10	39,214
September 18	10:30PM	#23 Houston	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA		L 31-13	54,407

Week Four

Date	Time (EDT)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 24	8:00PM	#5 TCU	SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas, TX	ESPN	L 41-24	35,481
September 25	12:21PM	UAB	Tennessee	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN	SEC Network	L 32-29	95,183
September 25	12:30PM	UCF	Kansas State	Bill Snyder Stadium • Manhattan, KS	FSN	L 17-13	50,586
September 25	3:30PM	Tulane	Houston	Robertson Stadium • Houston, TX		HOU 42-23	32,007
September 25	7:00PM	Central Arkansas	Tulsa	Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK		W 41-14	21,928
September 25	7:00PM	Ohio	Marshall	Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV		W 24-23	28,143
September 25	7:00PM	Southern Miss	Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA		W 13-12	22,344
September 25	8:00PM	Baylor	Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	CBS CS	L 30-13	23,395
September 25	9:05PM	Memphis	UTEP	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX		UTEP 16-13	29,765

Week Five

Date	Time (EDT)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 2	2:00PM	Tulane	Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium • Piscataway, NJ		W 17-14	47,963
October 2	3:30PM	East Carolina	North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC		L 42-17	60,000
October 2	6:00PM	UTEP	New Mexico	University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM		W 38-20	22,511
October 2	7:00PM	Tulsa	Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN		TLSA 48-7	22,231
October 2	7:00PM	SMU	Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX		SMU 42-31	14,981
October 2	8:00PM	Marshall	Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS	CBS CS	SM 41-16	27,518

Week Six

Date	Time (EDT)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 6	8:00PM	UAB	UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, FL	ESPN	UCF 42-7	40,281
October 9	2:00PM	Memphis	Louisville	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY		L 56-0	48,427
October 9	3:30PM	Army	Tulane	Superdome • New Orleans, LA		L 41-23	28,756
October 9	7:30PM	East Carolina	Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS	CSS	ECU 44-43	32,334
October 9	8:00PM	Mississippi State	Houston	Robertson Stadium • Houston, TX	CBS CS	L 47-24	32,067
October 9	8:00PM	Tulsa	SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas, TX		SMU 21-18	19,329
October 9	9:05PM	Rice	UTEP	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX		UTEP 44-24	28,955

Week Seven

Date	Time (EDT)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 13	8:00PM	UCF	Marshall	Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV	ESPN	UCF 35-14	23,601
October 16	12:00PM	NC State	East Carolina	Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC		W 33-27 OT	50,410
October 16	12:00PM	Southern Miss	Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN		SM 41-19	18,848
October 16	3:30PM	Houston	Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX		RICE 34-31	26,342
October 16	3:30PM	SMU	Navy	Navy – Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD		L 28-21	33,924
October 16	4:00PM	UTEP	UAB	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL		UAB 21-6	11,756
October 16	7:00PM	Tulane	Tulsa	Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK		TLSA 52-24	23,295

Week Eight

Date	Time (EDT)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 23	3:30PM	Rice	UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, FL		UCF 41-14	38,151
October 23	3:30PM	Houston	SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas, TX	CBSCS	HOU 45-20	20,741
October 23	4:15PM	Marshall	East Carolina	Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC	CSS	ECU 37-10	50,145
October 23	7:00PM	UAB	#24 Mississippi State	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	ESPNU	L 29-24	56,423
October 23	9:05PM	Tulane	UTEP	Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TX		TULN 34-24	25,007

Week Nine

Date	Time (EDT)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 30	12:00PM	UAB	Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS	CSS	UAB 50-49	26,415
October 30	2:30PM	Tulsa	Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	NBC	W 28-27	80,795
October 30	3:00PM	UTEP	Marshall	Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV		MRSH 16-12	24,740
October 30	3:30PM	East Carolina	UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, FL	MASN	UCF 49-35	40,073
October 30	3:30PM	SMU	Tulane	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA		SMU 31-17	18,636
October 30	7:00PM	Houston	Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN	CSS	HOU 56-17	19,731

Week Ten

Date	Time (EDT)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 5	8:00PM	UCF	Houston	Robertson Stadium • Houston, TX	ESPN2	UCF 40-33	32,008
November 6	2:00PM	Rice	Tulsa	Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK		TLSA 64-27	19,036
November 6	3:30PM	Navy	East Carolina	Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC	MASN	L 76-35	50,191
November 6	3:30PM	Southern Miss	Tulane	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA		SM 46-30	22,737
November 6	4:15PM	Marshall	UAB	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL	CSS	MRSH 31-17	17,860
November 6	8:00PM	Tennessee	Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN	CBSCS	L 50-14	39,742
November 6	9:05PM	SMU	UTEP	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX		UTEP 28-14	23,127

Week Eleven

Date	Time (EST)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 11	8:00PM	East Carolina	UAB	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL	CBSCS	ECU 54-42	14,083
November 13	12:00PM	Southern Miss	#23 UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, FL	CBSCS	SM 31-21	40,358
November 13	3:00PM	Memphis	Marshall	Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV		MRSH 28-13	25,108
November 13	3:30PM	Rice	Tulane	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA		TULN 54-49	16,698
November 13	7:00PM	UTEP	#14 Arkansas	Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	ESPNU	L 58-21	67,330
November 13	8:00PM	Tulsa	Houston	Robertson Stadium • Houston, TX	CBSCS	TLSA 28-25	30,046

Week Twelve

Date	Time (EST)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 20	1:00PM	East Carolina	Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	CSS	RICE 62-38	15,262
November 20	2:00PM	UTEP	Tulsa	Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK		TLSA 31-28	16,547
November 20	3:00PM	Marshall	SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas, TX		SMU 31-17	17,513
November 20	3:30PM	UCF	Tulane	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA		UCF 61-14	19,069
November 20	4:00PM	Memphis	UAB	Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama		UAB 31-15	16,177
November 20	6:00PM	Houston	Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS		SM 59-41	32,606

Week Thirteen

Date	Time (EST)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 26	2:00PM	SMU	East Carolina	Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC	CBSCS	SMU 45-38	49,108
November 26	6:30PM	Southern Miss	Tulsa	Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK	CBSCS	TLSA 56-50	21,901
November 27	12:00PM	UCF	Memphis	Liberty Bowl Stadium • Memphis, TN	CSS	UCF 37-10	14,992
November 27	12:00PM	Tulane	Marshall	Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV	CBSCS	MRSH 38-23	19,302
November 27	3:30PM	UAB	Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	CSS	RICE 28-23	13,007
November 27	8:00PM	Houston	Texas Tech	Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX	FSS	L 35-20	53,461

Week Fourteen- C-USA Championship Game

Date	Time (EST)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
December 4	12:00PM	SMU	#25 UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, FL	ESPN2	UCF 17-7	41,045

Players of the week

Week	Offensive		Defensive		Special teams
Week	Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
1 – Sep. 6	Dominique Davis, QB	East Carolina	Trent Mackey, LB	Tulane	Matt Szymanski, P	SMU
2 – Sep. 13	Bryce Beall, RB	Houston	Vinny Curry, DE	Marshall	Kevin Fitzpatrick, K	Tulsa
3 – Sep. 20	Bryan Ellis, QB	UAB	Darius Nall, DE	UCF	Tom Hornsey, P Deron Wilson, DB	Memphis Southern Miss
4 – Sep. 27	Bryan Ellis, QB	UAB	Loyce Means, DB	Houston	Dakota Warren, K	UTEP
5 – Oct. 4	Kyle Padron, QB	SMU	Dezman Moses, DE	Tulane	Jonathan Ginsburgh, P	Tulane
6 – Oct. 11	Kris Adams, WR	UTEP	Kemal Ishmael, S	UCF	Danny Hrapmann, K	Southern Miss
7 – Oct. 18	Dominique Davis, QB	East Carolina	Jamon Hughes, LB	Memphis	Kyle Martens, P	Rice
8 – Oct. 25	Casey Robottom, WR	Tulane	Sammy Brown, LB Darius Nall, DE	Houston UCF	Tyron Carrier, KR	Houston
9 – Nov. 1	Pat Shed, RB Ronnie Weaver, RB	UAB UCF	Shawn Jackson, LB	Tulsa	Damaris Johnson, PR	Tulsa
10 – Nov. 8	Jeffrey Godfrey, QB	UCF	Josh Linam, LB	UCF	Damaris Johnson, KR	Tulsa
11 – Nov. 15	G.J. Kinne, QB	Tulsa	Marco Nelson, DB	Tulsa	Charles Ross, KR	Rice
12 – Nov. 22	Austin Davis, QB	Southern Miss	Richard Crawford, DB	SMU	Quincy McDuffie, KR	UCF

Rankings

**Legend**
		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll

**Ranking Movement**^[6]
		Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Final
East Carolina Pirates	AP	-	RV	RV	-	-	-	-	RV	RV	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	C	-	-	RV	-	-	-	-	RV	RV	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	HAR	Not released						-	RV	RV	-	-	-	-	-	-
	BCS	Not released							RV	RV	-	-	-	-	-	-
Houston Cougars	AP	RV	RV	23	RV	RV	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	C	RV	RV	23	RV	RV	RV	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	HAR	Not released						-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	BCS	Not released							-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marshall Thundering Herd	AP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	HAR	Not released						-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	BCS	Not released							-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Memphis Tigers	AP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	HAR	Not released						-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	BCS	Not released							-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rice Owls	AP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	HAR	Not released						-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	BCS	Not released							-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Southern Miss Golden Eagles	AP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	RV	-	-	-
	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	RV	RV	RV	-	-	-
	HAR	Not released						-	RV	-	-	-	RV	RV	-	-
	BCS	Not released							RV	RV	-	RV	RV	RV	-	-
SMU Mustangs	AP	RV	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	C	RV	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	HAR	Not released						-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	BCS	Not released							-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tulane Green Wave	AP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	HAR	Not released						-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	BCS	Not released							-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tulsa Golden Hurricane	AP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	RV	RV	RV	RV	24
	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	RV	RV	RV	RV
	HAR	Not released						-	-	-	-	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	BCS	Not released							-	-	-	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
UAB Blazers	AP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	HAR	Not released						-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	BCS	Not released							-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
UCF Knights	AP	RV	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	RV	25	-	RV	RV	RV	21
	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	RV	RV	23	RV	RV	25	24	20
	HAR	Not released						-	-	RV	RV	25	RV	RV	RV	25
	BCS	Not released							-	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	25
UTEP Miners	AP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	HAR	Not released						RV	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	BCS	Not released							-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Records against other conferences

Conference	Wins	Losses
ACC	1	3
Big 12	1	6
Big East	1	2
Big Ten	0	2
Independents	1	3
MAC	3	1
Mountain West	1	1
Pac-10	1	1
SEC	0	8
Sun Belt	3	1
WAC	2	0
All FCS	6	0
Overall	20	28

Bowl games

Bowl Eligibility

Bowl Eligible (6)

UCF (9-3) became bowl eligible on October 30 after defeating East Carolina.
Southern Miss (8-4) became bowl eligible on November 6 after defeating Tulane.
Tulsa (9-3) became bowl eligible on November 6 after defeating Rice.
East Carolina (6-6) became bowl eligible on November 11 after defeating UAB.
UTEP (6-6) became bowl eligible on November 13 after defeating SMU.
SMU (7-5) became bowl eligible on November 20 after defeating Marshall.

Bowl Ineligible (6)

Memphis (1-11) lost the ability to become bowl eligible on October 30 after losing to Houston.
Rice (4-8) lost the ability to become bowl eligible on November 6 after losing to Tulsa.
UAB (4-8) lost the ability to become bowl eligible on November 11 after losing to East Carolina.
Marshall (5-7) lost the ability to become bowl eligible on November 20 after losing to SMU.
Tulane (4-8) lost the ability to become bowl eligible on November 20 after losing to UCF.
Houston (5-7) lost the ability to become bowl eligible on November 27 after losing to Texas Tech.

Bowl games

Bowl Game	Date	Stadium	City	Television	Matchups/Results	Attendance	Payout (US$)
New Mexico Bowl	December 18, 2010	University Stadium	Albuquerque, NM	ESPN	BYU 52, UTEP 24	32,424	$750,000
Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl	December 21, 2010	Tropicana Field	St. Petersburg, FL	ESPN	Louisville 31, Southern Miss 28	20,017	$1,000,000
Hawai'i Bowl	December 24, 2010	Aloha Stadium	Honolulu, HI	ESPN	Tulsa 62, #25 Hawaii 35	43,673	$750,000
Military Bowl	December 29, 2010	RFK Stadium	Washington, D.C.	ESPN	Maryland 51, East Carolina 20	38,062	$1,000,000
Armed Forces Bowl	December 30, 2010	Gerald J. Ford Stadium	Dallas, TX	ESPN	Army 16, SMU 14	36,742	$750,000
Liberty Bowl	December 31, 2010	Liberty Bowl	Memphis, TN	ESPN	#24 UCF 10, Georgia 6	51,231	$1,350,000

Attendance

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Gm 1	Gm 2	Gm 3	Gm 4	Gm 5	Gm 6	Gm 7	Total	Average	% of Capacity
East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium	50,000	50,010	48,123	50,410	50,145	50,191	49,108	—	297,987	49,664	99.3%
Houston	Robertson Stadium	32,000	32,119	32,119	32,007	32,067	32,008	30,046	—	188,366	31,394	98.1%
Marshall	Joan C. Edwards Stadium	38,019	41,382	28,143	23,601	24,740	25,108	19,302	—	162,276	27,046	71.1%
Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium	62,380	27,965	22,231	18,848	19,731	39,742	14,992	—	143,149	23,858	38.2%
Rice	Rice Stadium	47,000	15,562	23,395	14,981	26,342	15,262	13,007	—	108,549	18,091	38.5%
Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium	36,000	27,316	30,211	27,518	32,334	26,415	32,606	—	176,400	29,400	81.6%
SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium	32,000	16,612	18,184	35,481	19,329	20,741	17,513	—	127,860	21,310	66.6%
Tulane	Louisiana Superdome	72,968	20,258	36,389	28,756	18,636	22,737	16,698	19,069	162,543	23,220	31.8%
Tulsa	H. A. Chapman Stadium	30,000	19,565	21,928	23,295	19,036	16,547	21,901	—	122,272	20,378	67.9%
UAB	Legion Field	71,594	25,885	23,681	11,756	17,860	14,083	16,177	—	109,442	18,240	25.4%
UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium	45,301	34,373	43,020	40,281	38,151	40,073	40,358	41,045	277,301	39,614	87.4%
UTEP	Sun Bowl Stadium	51,500	30,029	39,214	29,765	28,955	25,007	23,127	—	176,097	29,349	56.9%

References

Conference USA football

East Division	Charlotte 49ers Florida Atlantic Owls FIU Panthers Marshall Thundering Herd Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders Old Dominion Monarchs Western Kentucky Hilltoppers

West Division	Louisiana Tech Bulldogs North Texas Mean Green Rice Owls Southern Miss Golden Eagles UTEP Miners UTSA Roadrunners

Future teams	UAB Blazers (2017)

Championships & awards	Conference USA Football Championship Game All-time standings

Seasons	1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season

Conference seasons	ACC Big 12 Big East Big Ten Conference USA Mid-American Mountain West Pac-10 SEC Sun Belt WAC

Inter-conference	Bowl games Rankings

All-Americans	2010 College Football All-America Team

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